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Explore our blogs for the latest insights, tips, and best practices in third-party risk management. Stay informed and protect your organization by navigating the complexities of third-party relationships with confidence. Read on to enhance your risk management strategy!

Tools and Products

SIG vs. CAIQ: You Can Have Your CAIQ And Eat It Too

Frequently, we field questions from our current and prospective product users around Shared Assessments’ Standardized Information Gathering (SIG) Questionnaire vs. Cloud Security Alliance’s Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ). Working for Shared Assessments, I am more familiar with the SIG, but...

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Shared Assessments

AI Rising: Elevated Risk Management

Shared Assessments Marketplace Reaches New Heights With Mirato Envisioned as a central hub for our Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Members and Subscribers to discover, compare, and evaluate a variety of risk management solutions from different platform and service providers, the...

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Education

Enhancing Excellence: Shared Assessments’ Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Certifications

Introduction  In today's interconnected business environment, organizations rely heavily on external partners and vendors to support their operations. However, this increased reliance on third-parties brings increased risks to the organization. Employees accountable for developing and managing TPRM programs or for...

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Shared Assessments

Trust Network Pilot Project 2024

Introduction To The Trust Network Pilot Project This past fall, Shared Assessments launched our Trust Network pilot project with our partner Whistic. Together with Whistic, we gave our members and subscribers a year of free access to the Whistic Trust...

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Framework, Industry Guidance, and Regulations

WEF Global Risks Report: Resources and Reflections

Introduction It’s the last day of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Some of us would really like to be there for the skiing. But seriously and professionally, the meeting and related Global Risks Report have relevance...

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Framework, Industry Guidance, and Regulations

The European Union AI Act: Empowering Innovation, Ensuring Ethics Through A Risk-Based Approach

What is AI? What is this new law? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a novel and emerging technology designed to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence including learning, problem-solving, reasoning, and perception. AI emulates human cognitive functions and, in some...

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Best Practices

Third Party Onsite Assessment Best Practices: Practitioner Guide

Shared Assessments is providing this updated onsite assessment guide in response to the call from CISOs and other practitioners to remedy the lack of standardization across assessments within sectors, as well as cross-industry (RSAC-ESAF, 2023; Shared Assessments, 2023). Assessors and...

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2023: Risk Management Wrapped

This blogpost is a celebration of the risk management moments that have defined our year. Shared Assessments’ community participation contributes significantly to being the trusted source in Third Party Risk Management. We are thankful that you have been here with us to...

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Tools and Products

Product Release 2024: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

Introduction: “What if today, we were just grateful for everything?” Happy week of Thanksgiving! Charlie Brown, beloved comic strip poet and philosopher, probably said it best: "What if today, we were just grateful for everything?" With a theme of gratitude,...

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Tools and Products

Unmasking Inherent Risk: Setting The Stage For Due Diligence

Monster mashes, zombie jamborees, and ghostly galas: Happy Halloween! While we know you will be dancing to Thriller in a graveyard tonight, do not forget the calculated dance of risk management. Organizations are tasked with a monumental mission in the...

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Shared Assessments

Trust Network Pilot Project

Introduction Shared Assessments is very pleased to launch our first-ever “Trust Network” pilot project this week with our partner Whistic. This project is intended to connect the efficiencies of Whistic’s Trust Center with the diversity of Shared Assessments’ third-party risk management...

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Best Practices

Reputational Risk Management Framework: Identifying, Assessing, Reporting, Mitigating, and Monitoring

An organization that actively builds and maintains a positive reputation gains a competitive advantage and improves its credibility if an event occurs that impacts that reputation. Effective reputational risk management is crucial for organizations of all sizes and industries to...

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